Stocks jump … June jobs up 4.8 million … Trade shrinks
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rallying after a report showed the U.S. job market continues to climb from the crater created by the coronavirus…
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Stocks soar after jobs report
Wall Street is cheering the better-than-expected June jobs report. Futures had been pointing to about a 1% rise at the opening bell before the jobs…
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US adds 4.8 million jobs as unemployment falls to 11.1%
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, as the job market improved…
Continue Reading Global markets advance…US jobless…Eurozone jobless
BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures rose today as hopes for development of a coronavirus vaccine competed with concerns…
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2 Cielo Vista Walmart workers fired after customer is told ‘You’re in America, learn English’
EL PASO, Texas — Two employees from El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart store have been fired after a viral video surfaced showing one of the pair telling…
Continue Reading Stocks mixed, Fed minutes, Facebook lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a mixed finish for stocks on Wall Street today even as gains for technology stocks pushed the Nasdaq to another record…
Continue Reading Stocks continue up … Manufacturing rebound
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks have been mostly higher on Wall Street. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were up in afternoon trading, though the Dow was…
Continue Reading Advertisers have Facebook’s attention. Now here’s what they want
Facebook is about to look a little different, whether users notice or not. Starting Wednesday, numerous household names — from Hershey’s…
Continue Reading Ed Henry fired from Fox News over sexual misconduct allegation
Fox News said Wednesday that Ed Henry, one of its top news anchors, had been fired after the network received a complaint last week of sexual…
Continue Reading Stocks higher … Survey: June job gains 2.4 million
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks opened the trading day higher on Wall Street, adding to Tuesday’s big gain when the market closed out its best quarter…
Continue Reading Global shares up…China blasts US
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mostly higher today after Wall Street capped its best quarter since 1998, shrugging off continued signs of damage…
Continue Reading Europe, bid au revoir to American tourists
The Canadians will be in Europe this summer, and the Thais and the Moroccans. You might bump into a Rwandan, and no doubt Aussie backpackers will…
Continue Reading The fates of two leading newspaper publishers are up in the air
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Wednesday is the…
Continue Reading Judge temporarily blocks publication of tell-all book by President Trump’s niece
A New York judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the publication of an unflattering tell-all book written by President Trump’s niece that Simon…
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New Mexico fireworks vendors invite El Pasoans to visit them once ban takes effect
MESILLA, New Mexico — El Paso leaders may plan to ban fireworks on the holiday weekend, but New Mexico vendors are welcoming Texans to cross state…
Continue Reading Markets gain…EU travel limits…Southwest setback
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wall Street closed out its best quarter since 1998 with more gains Tuesday but still well below the record high it reached in…
Continue Reading Facebook bans hundreds of accounts related to the Boogaloo extremist movement
Facebook on Tuesday banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages that it said were linked to the Boogaloo movement, a loosely organized extremist…
Continue Reading Small businesses leave $130 billion in emergency relief untouched — and ask Congress to rethink the aid
Jessica and Richard Fierro are among more than 4.5 million small business owners who tapped into the $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program —…
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Texas will now delay reinstating work-search requirement for unemployment benefits
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Workforce Commission decided Tuesday to postpone reinstating a work-search requirement for out-of-work Texans receiving…
Continue Reading Airbus is cutting 15,000 jobs because of the pandemic
Airbus will cut about 15,000 jobs, or more than 10% of its workforce, over the next 12 months as it comes to terms with a plunge in demand for new…
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